. Introduction to the study of fungi; their organography, classification, and distribution, for the use of collectors. Fungi. 46 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FUNGI specialised branch of the mycelium, which is thicker than the rest, is always to be found in close proximity to certain fila- ments, the short curved branches of which rest their ex- tremities on the turgid branch first named, and which is termed the vermiform body or scolecite. At the point where the^e two organs meet there is a circular perforation, and one of the cells appears to transfer to the other a portion of its contents. T
. Introduction to the study of fungi; their organography, classification, and distribution, for the use of collectors. Fungi. 46 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FUNGI specialised branch of the mycelium, which is thicker than the rest, is always to be found in close proximity to certain fila- ments, the short curved branches of which rest their ex- tremities on the turgid branch first named, and which is termed the vermiform body or scolecite. At the point where the^e two organs meet there is a circular perforation, and one of the cells appears to transfer to the other a portion of its contents. The scolecite is stated to be the rudiment of the fertile cup, to become septate, and to collect around itself other filaments which grow and develop into a perfect cup (Fig. 26). This process is reported to have taken place in Ascobolus furfuraceus and in Pyronema om- phalodes, and it is as- sumed to be general throughout all the fleshy Discomycetes. It is very evident that such a conclusion cannot be accepted, so that the above remarks must illustrating the nearest observers have obtained. Fig. 26.—Scolecite. After De Bary. be received as historical, and as approach which some of the best towards establishing sexuality in the higher Fungi, such as Hymenomycetes and Ascomycetes. The Gasteromycetal Fungi also include a small family in which the receptacle assumes a cup shape, especially in the genera Cyathus and Crucibulum; but here again there is great divergence in the character of the fructification. In the latter genera the cups are at first covered with a tympanum or membranaceous veil, and when this is ruptured, are seen to contain a small number of lentil-shaped bodies, which are attached by a slender elastic cord to the inner surface of the cup. These are the peridiola which enclose spores produced upon basidia within the firm interior (Fig. 27).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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